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Date Posted: 03:37:12 11/24/03 Mon
Author: Anonymous
Subject: We live in a diverse society and people are going
In reply to: 's message, "It's ok if you are on Hee Haw, but that's long been off the air!" on 16:20:23 11/23/03 Sun

>>>>What was your greatest surprise in the Teen and Miss
People are going to speak different ways with different dialects. I do not know Erica or Summer who spoke with a dialect different than most but I think It is ok . I hope you do not have to comform to one way of talking to be considered for the title.

What is hee haw to you may be a cultural dialect to someone else. Would you consider talking differently if you moved up north?

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No, I beez a southerner and I beez the bestest at it, so I won't be moving up north too soon. Proper grammar is proper grammar. "Dressing it up"as cultural diversity is as ignorant as those poorly spoken words. I can only imagine the shame of SC being represented by someone like that on a national level. -- Anonymous, 07:42:03 11/24/03 Mon
- THANK YOU!!!!! Very well said and I TOTALLY AGREE! -- Anonymous, 10:14:19 12/01/03 Mon
  - Ericka's placement only validates that something was fishy in Charleston that night. -- Anonymous, 10:22:03 12/01/03 Mon
    - What does Erica's placement make things fishy? I thought she was great! -- Anonymous, 09:29:06 12/09/03 Tue
      - Erica you were great. Some people are still living -- Anonymous, 04:56:55 12/11/03 Thu
        Yes, Erica was beautiful, race has nothing to do with the fact that she did not use proper grammer. I don't care what race you are, if you can not use proper English on stage in front of the State of SC, then LEARN before you enter a pageant! -- Anonymous, 09:45:02 12/11/03 Thu
        AMEN, she was a verbal disgrace. Black, white, yellow, or green...I'd say the same. Beautiful, yes...articulate and intelligent, no...but my vote didn't count. -- Anonymous, 20:23:42 12/11/03 Thu
        The judges obviously were not listening to the answers that were given! If they wre, then shame on them for approving this ni ghtmare of an interview and giving her high enough scores to make it into the top 5! -- Anonymous, 08:44:52 12/12/03 Fri
        I personally believe that she was pointed to keep from pointing others so they would not be in the top five. NOTHING ELSE MAKES SENSE! -- Anonymous, 13:22:53 12/12/03 Fri
        Let me ask this -- Anonymous, 12:19:21 12/23/03 Tue
        Please respond..click in.. -- Anonymous, 12:21:16 12/23/03 Tue
        I am not the poster to which you have responded, but I believe that an AMERICAN should speak english. (If she doesn't know and speak OUR language, maybe she should compete in HER country.) If she is being judged in an interview situation where her english is POOR at best, then she should NOT be rewarded with the placement. Btw, your argument is not valid concerning Ericka...she was a "plain ole hick". No excuse for it. This black American was personally offended by Ericka's representation of our people. -- Anonymous, 13:08:28 12/23/03 Tue